Jun :
Ichigo is a hybrid of a Human, Shinigami, Hollow, Fullbringer, and Quincy. This makes him the only living being in the verse structurally similar to the Soul King and a prime candidate to replace him as the linchpin. Without the Soul King passively maintaining the stability of the Bleach cosmology, the three realms, alongside the Dangai, the Valley of Screams, and the Garganta (the void surrounding all planes of existence), would merge back into primordial chaos. Kazui is a candidate for the same reason, but potential alone doesn't make him as strong as Ichigo or the Soul King. He needs to train and transcend the limits of his inherited traits just as Ichigo did. For instance, in Cour 2 of the TYBW anime, Ichigo underwent a life-or-death trial at Irazusando, which was designed to test the worthiness of potential Soul King candidates. Had he failed, the trial would have consumed him, leaving him as a stone statue within the path of Irazusando forever. Characters like Yamamoto and the members of the Zero Division are ridiculously powerful, but because they are only Shinigami, their power has a natural ceiling. They cannot transcend the boundaries of a Shinigami to reach the greater heights of power that hybrids like Ichigo, Kazui, Hikone, Ginjo, and Aizen can.
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